One of the things that we love to do as a family, is going for ice creams after dinner. Luckily we have a couple good ice cream shops in our neighbourhood. We then stand on the bridge and watch all the boats come by while eating our ice creams. These photos are from our last summer evening out. Knowing it was our last evening, made everything feel even more special. Looking forward to doing this next summer.

Just a beautiful fall evening out in our neighbourhood. We love taking our Jipfish bolderwagen on our strolls, because Darcy still get’s tired of walking so now and then. The Jipfish bolderwagen drives really light, so Gabriel has no problem pulling his sister.

When it’s tulip season in The Netherlands, we always have to play tourists in our own country. We never get bored with photographing the long rows of bright colored flowers. These photos we took close by the Keukenhof in Lisse. The tulips are not hard to find and are all around in that area. If you ever find yourself in Holland around that time, It’s worth a visit!

We are in the middle of a big renovation of our house. Our neighbours had problems from the contact noises coming from our apartment (we found this out in the middle of purchasing this house) To try to solve the problem, we decided to take the complete floor out. Multiple layers came up until we reached the floorboards. Our kitchen, bathroom that are also on the ground floor are completely stripped. We thought it was nice to sand the beams now the ground floor is completely empty. The beams are quite dark and in combination with the low ceiling a lighter color would look better in our eyes. It’s hard work since Chris had to keep the sander up high and that really makes you feel it in the arms.

Finally we got some snow in Amsterdam this February! My husband had to wait patiently, because he really missed to see snow. Growing up in Canada he has great memories of cold winters and snow covered ground.

Because the little ones had been iceskating before, we decided to take them to the iceskating rink at Museumplein. Their dad, growing up in Canada was always playing ice hockey growing up. Because the winters in the Netherlands have no natural ice guarantee, the Museumplein iceskating rink with a view at the Rijksmuseum was a nice way to introduce them to the ice.

I just love doing in home lifestyle sessions. Your own home is part of your story and is also the place where you likely are most comfortable. Especially after you just welcomed a new baby, there is no other place that is more comfortable.

My kids love apples. This family goes through 5kg per week of them. Our life in Amsterdam is a city life and the kids have few opportunities to be on a farm. One of our favourite places around Amsterdam is a small fruit farm located between Amsterdam and Haarlem named "De Fruittuin van West".

I was excited to do a lifestyle newborn session with this beautiful family in Amsterdam and their sweet baby boy. He was a natural model, he was relaxed and sleeping the whole way through his session. He even gave a couple of smiles. How cute is that full head of hair? :) Here a selection of some of my favourites

A Baptism photography session for a lovely family at the Krijtberg Kerk in Amsterdam. The little girl that was having her baptism was great all day and looked beautiful in her family dress. Click the link to see the highlights from the gallery.

I'm always trying to find fun stuff to do with Darcy when her two brothers are at school. One of my favourite things to do is bring her to the Amsterdam Public Library. In their amazing kids area they The Mouse Mansion (muizenhuis) made by Karina Schaapman.

When looking for the best view of Amsterdam you might have been at the Nemo, the Amsterdam library or the rooftop at the new Dam Square W Hotel. But from this weekend on you can also visit A'DAM Lookout where you can have a spectacular 360º panorama view of the city. A'DAM Lookout is located in the former Shell tower in Amsterdam North (Noord) next to the EYE Film Institute, just on the other side of the IJ from Central Station.

As a photographer I'm always on the lookout for interesting locations in the city. I was pretty excited when I spotted this nice garden full of tulips and flowers, while being out on a walk with Darcy in the centre of Amsterdam.